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13Mar 11

My in-laws are moving out of their house later this year – they’ve been there for 40+ years so there is an awesome amount of junk in their attic to be sorted out. Including the special edition of The Times printed for the moon landings. Which included the famous faked moon landings photo and also a less well remembered bit of moon memorabilia: a special poem written by Barclays Bank’s ad copywriters to commemorate the event. You’re not going to find this kind of thing on Mad Men! (I hope). Full scan below the cut…

Pop World Cup – Radio Roundup 8 12 Mar 2010 Special DPRK adjutant liaison Mark Sinker again joins Peter Baran and Roger Bozack in PWC2010's luxurious control suite, this time for some surprising results from the Group H matches between…

BABY D – “Let Me Be Your Fantasy” 28 Apr 2013 After a run of mostly charmless number ones, it's easy to rate this record: its vigour; its momentum; its status as a memento of good times people were having not…

Who-ular ’14 10 Nov 2014 I know that some of the visitors to this site ALSO watch Doctor Who. So as an experiment to see whether a) this is true and b) what sort of…

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